Category: Fiber Optic News

China-based ZTT plans Expansion of its Indian manufacturing units for production of optical fiber cables. The group’s Indian subsidiary, ZTT India Private Limited has signed an MoU with the Economic Development Board (APEDB) of India’s Southern State of Andhrapradesh. ZTT will invest approximately US$100 million for expanding its cable manufacturing operations in Andhrapradesh. The economic development Board of the state…

Leading provider of telecommunication technology solutions, Cisco has successfully demonstrated transmission fo 600Gbps on the production network prepared by AARNet (Australia’s Academic and Research Network). The team used the Cisco Network Convergence System, NCS 1004. This groundbreaking terrestrial speed achievement by the current trial is the first of its kind in Australia and proves the future scalability of the AARNet…

Facebook plans to build fiber optic network connecting Ashburn in Virginia and Columbus in Ohio. The fiber network will span more than 440 kilometers on its way connecting the neighborhoods and businesses. The announcement came at a function where the Governor Jim Justice and Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined representatives from Facebook. The representatives from Facebook explained their plans to…

India’s leading telecommunication network solution manufacturer and one of the global leaders of optical fibers and cables, Sterlite Tech has launched the high fiber count optical fiber cables using its TruRibbonTM technology. The fully backward-compatible TruRibbons will ensure the high-density data networking required by the current network installations. Sterlite’s solution is the first of its kind from India. As data…

Leading Indian telecommunication systems solution provider HFCL (Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd) has bagged a work order from Jharkhand Communication Network Limited (JCNL) for the Project survey, planning, supply, installation, an end to end integration, Testing and Commissioning of the fiber optic cable network in the State of Jharkhand. The purchase order worth US$74.76million received by HFCL stipulates the implementation of…

Open Fiber to expand 1Gbps FTTH network in Lazio Port City Italian Broadband vehicle, Open Fiber and the state lender CDP has reached an agreement with the Civitavecchia Council to connect the Lazio Port City with fiber optic cables. Open Fiber’s cable network will cover more than 17,000 premises in the city. Since its inception as a dedicated Fiber Broadband…

Telia Carrier and Telxius announced a landmark agreement for multi-terabit capacity services combining transatlantic capacity from Telxius in the new 6,600 km MAREA cable system and Telia Carrier’s European backbone...

ZTE has successfully completed the tests on its IP+Optical solutions along with China Mobile. The pilot Projects conducted in five Chinese cities tested the capabilities of ZTE’s SDN based IP+Optical...